A boy pointed it out as I finished polishing this piece. When able to bring my equipment and work stones at a show it provides an opportunity to teach and be taught. Now look carefully at the left center. It is a stick figure of a dog, as if it were leaping. Many stones reveal a picture. Just take time to look and use some imagination.

We enjoyed Logandale. Now off to Beatty, Nevada.

Before electricity, before indoor plumbing, before air conditioning, she added.  Her father worked in a mine. Now an octagenerian, she said she would not want to live anywhere else. There is a beauty to the desert and she appreciates that, and so do we.

The bluegrass plays through today. Their third annual show has been a success. We were treated to a barbecue buffet and informal concert Saturday night. That was a nice treat from our host. Thank you.

Faint guitar music drifted across the fairgrounds last night. Bluegrass lends itself to informal groups that spring up spontaneously and can play for hours. Dozens of RV’s with musicians, vendors and festival goers have arrived and the show starts late this afternoon. We are here in Logandale for the third annual Bluegrass Fall Festival that runs through Sunday. Less than an hour from Vegas, here at the Clark County Fairgrounds, it is a good setting for the show.